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<a name="GuideCollections"></a><div class="header"><h1 class="section title"><span class="title"><a name="titleGuideCollections"></a>Collections</span></h1></div>
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<li class="linktrail linktrail-first"><a class="linktrail" href="GuideIndex.html" title="The Geeqie User Manual">The Geeqie User Manual</a></li>
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<p class="para block block-first">Geeqie provides the ability to build lists of images, regardless of the location of the files on disk.</p>
<p class="para block">A collection window displays the contents of a collection. It allows the collection to be modified and access to the images contained in the collection.</p>
<p class="para block">
    To open a new empty collection window select
    <span class="menuchoice"><span class="guimenu">File</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">New collection</span> <span class="shortcut">(
        <span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">C</span></span>
      )</span></span>
    .
  </p>
<p class="para block">
    To open an existing collection, select
    <span class="menuchoice"><span class="guimenu">File</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Open collection</span> <span class="shortcut">(
        <span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">O</span></span>
      )</span></span>
    . A dialog will appear requesting the location of the collection file. A window will the open containing the selected collection. Recently opened or saved collections can also be opened by selecting the collection's file name from the Open recent sub menu of the file menu.
  </p>
<p class="para block">
    To delete or rename a collection, select
    <span class="menuchoice"><span class="guimenu">File</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Open collection</span> <span class="shortcut">(
        <span class="keycombo"><span class="keycap">O</span></span>
      )</span></span>
    , right-click on the collection you wish to delete or rename, and then select
    <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Delete</span>
    or
    <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Rename</span>
    .
  </p>
<p class="para block">The collection window consists of a pane to display the contents of the collection, and a status bar along the bottom of the window.</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<li>
<span class="label">4.4.1. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideCollections.html#Iconpane" title="Icon pane">Icon pane</a>
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<li>
<span class="label">4.4.2. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideCollections.html#Statusbar" title="Status bar">Status bar</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">4.4.3. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideCollections.html#DragandDrop" title="Drag and Drop">Drag and Drop</a>
</li>
<li>
<span class="label">4.4.4. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideCollections.html#AppendImages" title="Append Images">Append Images</a>
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<li>
<span class="label">4.4.5. </span><a class="xref" href="GuideCollections.html#RandomizedSort" title="Randomized Sort">Randomized Sort</a>
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<a name="Iconpane"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">4.4.1. </span>Icon pane</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">The icon pane displays images contained in the collection as thumbnails in a grid, by default the file names also appear below each thumbnail.</p>
<p class="para block">
      The Icon pane works exactly like the Icon view mode of the
      <a class="link" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html" title="File Pane">File Pane</a>
      in a main window, but with the addition that the contents of the collection can be organized with drag and drop.
    </p>
<p class="para block">
      A
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">context menu</span>
      is available for the icon pane by right clicking the mouse or pressing the Menu key.
    </p>
<p class="para block">
      <a class="link" href="GuideReferenceKeyboardShortcuts.html" title="Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts">Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts</a>
      are available in the collection window:
    </p>
<p class="para block">
      The
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">selection</span>
      can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a
      <a class="link" href="GuideMainWindowFilePane.html" title="File Pane">File Pane</a>
      of the main window.
    </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<a name="Statusbar"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">4.4.2. </span>Status bar</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">The status bar displays the total number of images in the collection, and the number of selected images in parenthesis. A progress bar also displays whenever thumbnails are loading from disk.</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
</div>
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<a name="DragandDrop"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">4.4.3. </span>Drag and Drop</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">Drag and drop can be initialized with the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging an image that is selected will include all selected images in the drag. Dragging an image that is not selected will drag only that image.</p>
<p class="para block">Dropping files and folders onto the collection window will add them to the collection, they will be inserted at the location of the drop. A red arrow will indicate the location of the drop as files are dragged over the collection window. When one or more folders are included in the drop list, a menu will appear to select how to handle the contents of the folders.</p>
<p class="para block">To move images within the collection to change their order, initiate a drag for the selected image(s) and then move the mouse to the desired location within the window. A red arrow will appear to assist in determining the destination of the dragged images. Release the drag to move the images to the new location in the list.</p>
<div class="admonition block note block-indent"><div class="note-inner">
      <p class="para block block-first">
        When renaming or moving files within Geeqie, the contents of collections located in the
        <a class="link" href="GuideReferenceConfig.html" title="Configuration Files and Locations">collections folder</a>
        will automatically update to the new name or location.
      </p>
    </div></div>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<a name="AppendImages"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">4.4.4. </span>Append Images</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">Right-click menu items permit images to be appended from either another collection or from the currently selected folder.</p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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<a name="RandomizedSort"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="section title"><span class="title"><span class="label">4.4.5. </span>Randomized Sort</span></h2></div>
<p class="para block block-first">
      Right-click menu item
      <span class="emphasis emphasis-bold">Sort</span>
      , in addition to the standard sort methods, permits images to be randomly arranged.
    </p>
<p class="para block"></p>
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